under bidding competition. -- Acquisitions ; Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Patent ; Ownership ; Quality …

growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation … project and on their mode of commercializing the innovation (market entry versus sale). Limited loss offset provisions in the … fundamental policy trade-off between the declared goals of promoting employment and innovation in small, entrepreneurial firms …

' signaling-driven investment, despite the risk of buying a bad innovation. We finally show at what point the presence of active …

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

aggressive development of a basic innovation by better informed venture-backed firms is used as a signaling device to enhance the … sale price of the innovation. We then show that incumbents can undertake early, preemptive, acquisitions to prevent such … signaling driven overinvestment, despite the risk of buying a non-productive innovation. Therefore, to exist in equilibrium …

. However, the best strategy for innovative entrepreneurs might be to make an early entry to signal innovation quality and …

growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation … project and on their mode of commercializing the innovation (market entry versus sale). Limited loss offset provisions in the … fundamental policy trade-off between the declared goals of promoting employment and innovation in small, entrepreneurial firms …

in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of … new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for process innovation, the final impact on labor demand is shaped by … impede them. Policies should maximize the job-creation effect of product innovation and minimize the direct labor …